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Plastics Engineering Expert Witness 519839

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I have more than 45 years of commercial, industrial, and university experience in all aspects of plastic and polymer materials, plastic part design, tool design, and plastics processing. I have served as a plastics engineering Expert Witness in more than 25 cases, many of which have required deposition or trial testimony to be given. I am the founder and Principal Researcher of a plastics company, which consists of highly skilled plastic, chemical, and mechanical engineers who have performed consulting and research services to a variety of industries over the last 20 years.

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Industrial Hygienist 349750

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I have more than 35 years experience as a Safety Professional and Industrial Hygienist. My areas of expertise include: Workplace Injuries and Construction Accidents; Trips/Falls and Trenching/Shoring Cases; Scaffolding and Forklifts Cases; Environmental Toxicology; Chemical, Mold, and Asbestos Exposure Cases; Serious and Willful Cases; Third Party Workplace Injury Cases; California OSHA Citations and Compliance; Safety and Health Programs; Workers' Compensation, and Environmental Legal Proceedings.

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Chemical Processing 456791

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I have more than 45 years experience in the field of Chemical Engineering with expertise in environmental best practices, environmental mitigation, employee safety issues, chemical processes and processing equipment issues. I have additional knowledge in crisis strategy / communications, assessing industrial accidents such as an unanticipated spill, and assessing the possible requirements for wastewater treatment and other issues. That history and skill allows me to review and mitigate malfunctioning environmental control and water purification systems, recommend precious metal recovery systems, define the need for adequate secondary containment, specify energy saving methods, review environmental permitting and scheduling, environmental survey, and to evaluate US patents. I evaluate proper equipment usage; drainage related facilities, chemical handling, methods for applying appropriate protective floor coatings where necessary and evaluate plumbing and structural supports, and routine and infrequent maintenance procedures. I have over 40 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Materials Safety 426409

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I have over 25 years experience in the field of Chemical and Materials Safety. My experience includes incident investigations and assessments for industrial, commercial, and domestic applications. I am highly knowledgeable in chemical material analysis; air emissions; chemical and material forensics; petrochemical characterization; unknown material identification; failure analysis plastic metal; incident root cause; chemical material interactions; mechanical testing materials; failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA); soil, water, gas, testing, and analysis; chemical handling; chemical safety and exposure; EPA, OSHA, and federal standards. My additional experience consists of automobile fuel tank skid plate material, plastic bilge pump failure investigation, street paint pressure vessels, tiki torch burn injuries, carbon monoxide exposure, and industrial metal plating substances. My applications and experience includes plastics, metal alloys, composites, fuels, lubricants, compressed gases, dusts, emissions and all variety of chemicals. I have more than 15 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Chemical Plant 344157

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I have over 25 years experience in Chemical Engineering. My expertise includes chemical reaction and explosion events; chemical plant design, simulation, and economic evaluation; reaction kinetics and catalysis; spontaneous combustion phenomena; activated carbon synthesis; flue gas mercury removal; water / wastewater treatment; chemical separations; heat & mass transfer phenomena; and flash pyrolysis synthesis of metallic nanoparticles. My professional experience includes work in: chemical processing industries, academia, government labs and federal contracts, and private consulting and expert witness service. I have more than 15 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Chemical Accidents Chemicals Chemical Spills Environmental Health and Safety Chemical Engineering Product Failure Product Defect Plastics Workplace Accidents Contamination Chemical Fires and Explosions Patent Analysis Environmental Compliance Chemical Plant Management Manufacturing Failure Analysis Chemical Packaging Coatings Chemistry Corrosion Engineering Marine Maintenance Evidence Analysis Environmental Contamination Chemical Patent Chemical Exposures Site Inspection Process Engineering Plant Operations Water and Wastewater Engineering